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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lemhi, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lemhi and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Lemhi:
- 44.851592, -113.619775
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Lemhi
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Lemhi County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lemhi County
- Since Lemhi is near Beaverhead County and also Custer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaverhead County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Custer County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Lemhi
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lemhi ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Chinatown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Chinatown is located in Beaverhead County (MT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinatown
- Elk Bend
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Elk Bend is located in Lemhi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Bend
- Grant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grant is located in Beaverhead County (MT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Junction is located in Lemhi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Leadville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Leadville is located in Lemhi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadville
- May
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Salmon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Lemhi to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lemhi to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lemhi and extending to:
- Salmon, which is the Seat of Lemhi County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lemhi to Salmon, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 153 miles [246.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,908 miles [3,070.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 109 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,787 miles [10,922.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,556 miles [12,160.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,577 miles [8,975.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lemhi) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Lemhi to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lemhi. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8516, Longitude: -113.6198 In this case, the coordinates for Lemhi have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.62 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.813 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.449 degrees. |
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